Something else to consider is a Windows client called "Calypso" It's totally free, no adware/spyware, and runs like a charm. Hasn't screwed up once with my customers. Allows for all the normal bells and whistles of Outlook Express, without the hassles. Does a tidy job of avoiding the usual virus traps that plague Outlook Express, and allows for auto-backups. Set this up on 60 Windows clients, with their backups automatically going to their "My Documents" folders on an LM 8.2 server running Samba.
Backup of the server is done nightly. Also managed to get around the McAfee Anti-Virus bug that was deleting emails from Outlook Express. Might be simpler than your present course. Just a suggestion. Lanman On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 07:38, Franki wrote: > why not just swap to pop3?? > > I know for a fact that outlook has no probs with it.. I am writing this mail > on lookout via my linux mail server... > > easier to setup and less crap on the server as a result. > > rgds > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kenn Murrah > Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 5:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users??? > > > Okay, gang ... > > > I've won most of the battles here ... Thanks in no > small part to the help I've received from this list, I > have a Postfix/IMAP mail server up and running and all > is well with the world ... > > > The rub comes in trying to set up my Windows computers > to access their mail ... Outlook and Outlook Express > are out (per an edict from The Head Boss), and no one > really likes using Eudora ... and I'm having trouble > finding much of anything else. > > > So I was thinking ... > > > Would it be possible (or even practical) for Windows > users to access my server via cygwin/XFree86, so that > they could use a linux mail client instead? (I'm > rather partial toward Evolution, due to its simple > interface that would hopefully keep the troops from > screaming every 3 minutes for help.) > > > And for security's sake, would it be possible to > mirror my EngardeLinux email onto my Mandrake box, so > that I wouldn't have to run X on my EngardeLinux but > rather on a box with no exposure to the Internet? > > > I've already set up cygwin/XFree86 on my test box and > tested its connectivity to the box I hope to use as a > mirror, so if you folks tell me i'm not entirely off > my rocker --- I need you to point me in the right > direction to learn about how to "mirror" (if that's > the correct word here) my EngardeLinux mail to the > intermediate box ... > > > Of course, I'm a "true" newbie here, so feel free to > tell me i'm nuts and suggest a better way to > accomplish my goals. > > > thanks, > > > kenn > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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